X-Git-Url: https://git.p6c8.net/devedit.git/blobdiff_plain/d87c7b145a2f8ca073a19d38b39856b328a69c1d..HEAD:/README diff --git a/README b/README index fd8a4e9..cbea32c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,35 +1,53 @@ -ReadMe for Dev-Editor 3.0 (CVS) -=============================== +ReadMe for Dev-Editor 3.2 +========================= Description ----------- -Dev-Editor is a simple CGI based editor written in Perl and licensed under the -terms of the Artistic License, which allows remote changes to files and -directory structures on a web server. That's useful if you aren't able to access -the files on your homepage directly, for example if you are on holiday. +Dev-Editor is a simple web based file manager written in Perl and licensed +under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0, allowing you to access a file +system on a server using a web browser. That's useful if you aren't able to +access the files directly or using FTP or SSH. + +Features +-------- + +- Browsing through directory structures +- Viewing text files +- Editing text files +- Removing files and directories +- Moving/renaming files and directories +- Copying files and directories +- Creating new files and directories +- Executing a HTTP download of a file +- Uploading files to the server via HTTP +- Changing permissions (chmod) and group (chgrp) of files and directories (on + Unix systems) +- Unpacking some types of archive files (Perl module Archive::Extract is + required - core module since Perl 5.10, I guess) Installation ------------ First, you have to copy the files into a directory on your web server where you -are able to execute scripts (in most cases, this is "cgi-bin"). I suggest to -create a sub directory for Dev-Editor. -Then, you have to change the first line of devedit.pl: Just replace +are able to execute CGI scripts (in most cases, this is "cgi-bin"). I suggest +to create a sub directory for Dev-Editor. +Then you have to change the first line of devedit.pl: Just replace /usr/bin/perl by the path to your Perl interpreter. -If you are on a UNIX based system, you have to set devedit.pl as executable +If you are on a Unix based system, you have to make devedit.pl executable (chmod 755 in most cases). -You will also need to configure Dev-Editor. See the next section for details. +You also have to edit Dev-Editor's configuration file (see next section for +details). -Note, that the directory where you installed Dev-Editor should be protected by -HTTP Authentication. If you don't do that, everybody will be able to access -Dev-Editor and use it for evil purposes. +If you install Dev-Editor on a public web server, you should protect its +directory using HTTP authentication or everybody in the world will be able to +access the configured directory structure! Configuration ------------- -Open the file devedit.conf. This file contains keys and values separated by a -"=" sign. Lines beginning with a "#" sign are ignored. +Open devedit.conf. This file contains keys and values separated by a "=" sign. +Lines beginning with a "#" sign are comments and will be ignored. Here is a list of the configuration options currently available: Option Description @@ -38,12 +56,15 @@ Option Description fileroot The root directory Dev-Editor is allowed to access. Nobody is allowed to access the files and directories above this directory. Dev-Editor needs write access to - this directory and to the sub directories. + this directory and its sub directories. httproot This is the equivalent HTTP URL to the root directory. It's just used for visual output, so it doesn't need to be correct. +startdir Here you may define the default directory Dev-Editor + opens on start. + max_file_size Here you may define a maximum size for files (Bytes). If the user wants to view or edit a file larger than this defined size, Dev-Editor denies file access (but @@ -70,8 +91,8 @@ timeformat The format of the time shown in directory listings. %% - percent sign There are a lot of other placeholders. A complete list - is found at: - http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xsh/strftime.html + can be found at: + http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html Note that some systems don't support some of the placeholders (for example %T on Windows). @@ -82,19 +103,96 @@ use_gmt Set this option to 1 if you want to use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT/UTC) in directory listing and in the About dialogue instead of the local time. +hide_dot_files Set this option to 1 if you want to hide files or + directories beginning with a dot (e.g. ".htaccess") in + directory listing. + The files are just hidden in the directory listing, + you can still access them using the "Go to + directory/file" box. + forbidden Specify a list of filenames the user is not allowed to access. The filenames have to be relative to the virtual root directory (they must also begin with a slash) and have to be separated by space characters. If a filename contains space characters, you have to put - it into double quotation marks ("/filename"). + it into double quotation marks ("/file name"). + +disable_commands Specify a list of commands the user is not allowed to + execute. The commands have to be separated by space + characters. + If you add "@write" to the list, all writing commands + (for example edit, copy, rename etc.) will be + disabled. + +userconf_file Specifies the path to a file which contains + user-dependent configuration options (see next section + for details). error_file The path to the file which defines the error messages. - The file has the same format as this one. + The file has the same format as the main configuration + file. template_file The path to the file which defines the paths to the - template files. The file has the same format as this - one. + template files. The file has the same format as the + main configuration file. + +User-dependent configuration +---------------------------- + +If you have placed Dev-Editor inside a directory protected using HTTP +authentication, you may override some default configuration values for a defined +list of users. You may override the values for the following configuration +options: + +- fileroot +- httproot +- startdir +- hide_dot_files +- forbidden +- disable_commands + +For overriding configuration values you need a special configuration file. The +path to this file is defined using the "userconf_file" configuration option in +the main configuration file (add the option if necessary). This file consists of +key-value-pairs and sections, marked by a string encapsulated in square brackets +(perhaps you know this format, it is nearly the same as Windows' INI files). +Each section in this file describes an individual configuration, whereby the +name of the section is the username for whom this configuration should be used. +Here is an example: + +[homer] +fileroot = /var/www/homer/htdocs +httproot = / + +This sets the physical file root directory to "/var/www/homer/htdocs" and the +virtual HTTP root to "/" - but only for the user whose HTTP authentication +username is "homer". + +Using the "aliases" option, you may also define some other usernames for whom +this configuration should be used: + +[homer] +fileroot = /var/www/homer/htdocs +httproot = / +aliases = marge bart + +Using this, the users whose usernames are "marge" and "bart" use the same +configuration as "homer". You can place an arbitrary number of usernames +seperated by whitespaces here. +Note: If one of the users is defined as an alias and there is an individual +configuration section for this user too, the one defined as an alias is +ignored. + +If there are some files marked as inaccessible using the "forbidden" +configuration option in the main configuration file, but some users should have +access to these files, you may clear the default value of "forbidden": + +[homer] +fileroot = /var/www/homer/htdocs +httproot = / +forbidden = + +Using this, "homer" has access to all files in "/var/www/homer/htdocs". Notes ----- @@ -114,7 +212,7 @@ Hard links are not affected by this. ------------------------------------------------ (C) 1999-2000 Roland Bluethgen, Frank Schoenmann -(C) 2003-2005 Patrick Canterino +(C) 2003-2011 Patrick Canterino E-Mail: patrick@patshaping.de WWW: http://devedit.sourceforge.net/ \ No newline at end of file